McGill University researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life. A new study found that variations in ...

Insulin is a glucose-lowering hormone that targets the peripheral tissues, especially the skeletal muscle and fatty tissues. Insulin also circulates throughout the brain, wherein it can impact the ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have succeeded in showing, in an animal model, that the process of insulin resistance in the brain affects both Alzheimer's disease and ...

Neurons like it tidy. Brain cells called glia help neurons perform at their best by cleaning up toxic cellular debris. But a diet high in sugar makes glia insulin resistant — which turns them into ...

Your brain is so hungry for glucose that it uses between 20% to 25% of your body’s glucose to keep functioning. That might ...

For most of us, everyday life is characterized by a lack of movement. But those long hours sitting at a desk, commuting by ...

Artistic rendering generated by DALL.E. “The drawing of the fruit fly Drosophila in a dark background in the style of Seurat". The researchers fed fruit flies high sugar diets and examined the effect ...

Simple pharmaceutical interventions could help older brains cope with memory impairment and recovery after surgery, new ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have succeeded in showing, in an animal model, that the process of insulin resistance in the brain affects both Alzheimer’s disease and ...